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re: camera bias. I have noticed on some occasions that an aircraft will refuse to fire until you switch to and away from it. Not sure if that's camera bias or something hanging in the code but it will continue to pick a weapon and chase and never fire until you switch vessels. This has happened for some time.

Yes I have seen that too but I was told it may have to do with BDA thinking a weapon has an obstruction. It might have something to do with missile rails. I was told to shorten the length to it's smallest and give it a couple clicks on the height so the fins of the missiles aren't clipped. You can scroll up and look at the previous pages to see my posts and the Dev's responses.

Edited August 3, 2018 by greydragon70

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Yes I have seen that too but I was told it may have to do with BDA thinking a weapon has an obstruction. It might have something to do with missile rails. I was told to shorten the length to it's smallest and give it a couple clicks on the height so the fins of the missiles aren't clipped. You can scroll up and look at the previous page to see my posts and the Dev's responses.

I know. I'm a tester for BDAc and SM Industries, just tossing in my observations as well to see if it helps at all. It's not always related to an obstruction, and is really unclear what causes it. I've seen it primarily with guns, not so much with missiles since I usually use Red Vs Blue rails and pylons. It HAS happened less with newer versions so perhaps that wrinkle is finally being ironed out.

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I know. I'm a tester for BDAc and SM Industries, just tossing in my observations as well to see if it helps at all. It's not always related to an obstruction, and is really unclear what causes it. I've seen it primarily with guns, not so much with missiles since I usually use Red Vs Blue rails and pylons. It HAS happened less with newer versions so perhaps that wrinkle is finally being ironed out.

I have also noticed an "observer bias" where observed teams of same aircraft consistently lose matches by either not firing weapons or pulling harder on the controls than the other team's equivalents, and one of my friends have also noticed the same. I've mitigated it by testing from a spectatir that's a cockpit with a few i-beams to keep it straight which I named "the judge" and it fixed the problem. Would be interesting to know the reason of this.

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I have also noticed an "observer bias" where observed teams of same aircraft consistently lose matches by either not firing weapons or pulling harder on the controls than the other team's equivalents, and one of my friends have also noticed the same. I've mitigated it by testing from a spectatir that's a cockpit with a few i-beams to keep it straight which I named "the judge" and it fixed the problem. Would be interesting to know the reason of this.

I have noticed that too... I was getting angry that my super jet fighter that was better on paper kept losing to an inferior model. I switched the camera point of view to the enemy to understand what it was doing that was so good and alas... now they lost 4 times in a row. Dunno.

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I doubt if I have to set ammo (I didnt have to do that before), but i didnt and there is no such option on the right click popup

Then there is something wrong because you have to set the ammo type on the universal ammo box in the SPH/VAB for the weapon utilizing it. And I know that it has always needed to be set for the correct ammo. The only ammo boxes not needing set are the dedicated 20mm, 30mm, 50cal, and cannonshell boxes.

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Then there is something wrong because you have to set the ammo type on the universal ammo box in the SPH/VAB for the weapon utilizing it. And I know that it has always needed to be set for the correct ammo. The only ammo boxes not needing set are the dedicated 20mm, 30mm, 50cal, and cannonshell boxes.

Alright, will try reinstalling.

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re: camera bias. I have noticed on some occasions that an aircraft will refuse to fire until you switch to and away from it. Not sure if that's camera bias or something hanging in the code but it will continue to pick a weapon and chase and never fire until you switch vessels. This has happened for some time.

I have seen before that if you are hovering with the mouse over the vessel switcher/bda gui then the active vessel will not fire.

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Then there is something wrong because you have to set the ammo type on the universal ammo box in the SPH/VAB for the weapon utilizing it. And I know that it has always needed to be set for the correct ammo. The only ammo boxes not needing set are the dedicated 20mm, 30mm, 50cal, and cannonshell boxes.

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The universal ammo box is based on the firespitter tank contents switcher, as such , it will be non functional if you do not have firespitters dll installed. With all the dependencies correct you will still have to select the correct ammo for the weapon, The Universal Ammo box does not contain some miracle all purpose ammunition ( never has ) It provides universal storage for many different ammo types , removing the need to add 40 or more different ammo boxes to BDA (which would be silly)

Method of use, ensure you have the FireSpitter dll (about time this function was brought in house really) Check the editor menu for the type of ammo the weapon needs, fit weapon to craft , fit universal ammo box, right click the ammo box and click the next tank setup button until the correct ammo shows for the weapon. Fit weapon manager , It is now ready for use.

NOTE, not all listed ammo types listed in the part cfg may show, several types are specific to other weapon mods, and if the other mod is not installed that ammo type will not be available for selection.

Edited August 3, 2018 by SpannerMonkey(smce)

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Im very confused on how to install BDA for KSP 1.4.3 I did a fresh install of the game, a fresh install of bda, and then it says modual manager is missing. please help!!! im very new to ksp mods so help is very very deeply appreciated. Thanks to the development team for making such a great mod!

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I have noticed on some occasions that an aircraft will refuse to fire until you switch to and away from it.

I believe this also has something to do with BDAc's clearance check... it seems that these clearance check rules are relaxed if the vessel that was not launching missiles suddenly isn't the active vessel anymore.

That's my observations anyway.

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Im very confused on how to install BDA for KSP 1.4.3 I did a fresh install of the game, a fresh install of bda, and then it says modual manager is missing. please help!!! im very new to ksp mods so help is very very deeply appreciated. Thanks to the development team for making such a great mod!

Module Manager is a required dependancy ... please visit the thread below and install as directed

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having a problem with the flight ai, my planes will go up very slowly and once they hit the minimum alititude they immediatley dive below the minimum altitude and start the cycle all over again, they never kill each other

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having a problem with the flight ai, my planes will go up very slowly and once they hit the minimum alititude they immediatley dive below the minimum altitude and start the cycle all over again, they never kill each other

Sounds like you need more powerful engines or more engines ... how heavy is your aircraft? .... modded engines or stock? .... how many engines?

ok, the planes are pretty weak (biplanes) they are using modded propellers (airplane plus) and the engines are pretty useless. i could probably understand why the ai cant handle it

Airplane plus is the problem ... solution is to not use airplane plus

We have no control over AP+ and can not guarantee that BDAc will work as advertised if using AP+ parts on your craft ... if this is not acceptable to you then please refer to the AP+ thread and ask to have the issue fixed ... nothing we can do about it as we have no control over the AP+ mod

TL;DR is if your using AP+ parts and experiencing an issue whith BDAc it's not our issue, take it the to AP+ thread as we have no control over the situation ... Either AP+ fixes itself to work with BDAc or you're pooched, nothing we can do about it as AP+ is not in within our control

Edited August 4, 2018 by DoctorDavinci

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Airplane plus is the problem ... solution is to n﻿ot use airplane plus

We have no control over AP+ and can not guarantee that BDAc will work as advertised if using AP+ parts on your craft ... if this is not acceptable to you then please refer to the AP+ thread and ask to have the issue fixed ... nothing we can do about it as we have no contro﻿l over the AP+ mod

TL;DR is if your﻿ using AP+ ﻿parts and experiencing an is﻿sue whi﻿th BDA﻿c ﻿it's not﻿ our ﻿issue, take it the to﻿ AP﻿﻿+ t﻿﻿﻿hread as w﻿e have no control over the situat﻿ion ... Either AP+ fixes﻿ itself to work wit﻿h BD﻿Ac or you're pooched, nothing we can do about it as AP+ is not in our comtrol﻿﻿﻿

a bit hard to make ww1 style biplanes without ap+, ill figure it out. thanks

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a bit hard to make ww1 style biplanes without ap+, ill figure it out. thanks

Unfortunate as it is, we have no control over AP+ and as such we are unable to assist you in your efforts to create WW1 aircraft replica's

If the caretaker of AP+ were to be interested in working with the BDAc team then we would be happy to oblige, however until then there is nothing that is within our power to do

The BDAc team appologises for any inconvenience in this matter, however, as stated, this is an issue that is not within our control ... only @blackheart612 can rectify the issue and until such time we are not able to do anything about it

Again, the BDAc team appologises for any inconvenience you may be experiencing due to a mod that is not compatible with BD Armory Continued not working with BD Armory Continued